Policy

Turn off real-time protection

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

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ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy turns off real-time protection in Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Real-time protection consists of always-on scanning with file and process behavior monitoring and heuristics. When real-time protection is on, Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects malware and potentially unwanted software that attempts to install itself or run on your device, and prompts you to take action on malware detections. If you enable this policy setting, real-time protection is turned off. If you either disable or do not configure this policy setting, real-time protection is turned on.

Internal name
DisableRealtimeMonitoring
Policy ID
5c80ea4d651c
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableRealtimeMonitoringREG_DWORD
1
0

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